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Hold the left liaml as high as, and some distance in front of, the left 

 breast, back forward, hand nearly half closed, then draw the extended 

 index downward over the jjalni of the left, the whole distance extending 

 abont twenty inches. {Kaioira I; Comanche III; Apache II; Wichita 

 II.) "Drawing an arrow^ over the hand as in imlling the bow-string to 

 shoot." 



To liit with an. 



Place the tips of the fingers downwai'd upon the thnmb, then snap 

 them forward ; then strike the hands together and elevate the index 

 finger of the right hand. ( Wied.) Probably when he says " striiie the 

 hands together," Jie wishes to describe my sign for Shot. When the 

 person whom the i>rince saw making this sign raised the finger he may 

 have done so to indicate a man shot or one shot. I do not thiidi that the 

 raising of tlie finger is <in integral part of the sign. (Matthews.) 



Pass the extended forefinger of the right hand (others closed) back of 

 hand toward the riglit, between the fore and second fingers of the left 

 hand, held abont IS inches in fi-ont of body, back of hand out, horizon- 

 tal, all the fingers extended, and then close the two fingers of the left 

 hand on the riglit index. (Ikd-ota I.) "Arrow sticking in the target." 



After making the sign for Bow strike the back of the right hand, 

 its index extended, other fingers closed, against the palm of the opened 

 left. {Dalcota IV.) 



Same as the sign for Botv, but with this addition : that after the 

 finger has snapped from the thumb, the back of the right hand is struck 

 against tiie palm of tiie left. {DaJ;ota V.) 



With tlie index only, extended and pointing upward, then elevate the 

 left hand palm toward breast, first finger separated from the middle, 

 pass the index of the right forcibly forward and through the space thus 

 formed, striking the knuckles of the right against the palm of the left 

 with a thud. [Omaha I.) 



To kill with an. 



Extend the left hand, closed, as if grasping a bow, drawing the right 

 back toward the shonlder from the left, snap the first two fingers of the 

 right forward from the thumb and throw the right over, toward the 

 right and downward. {Ute I.) 



To shoot with bow and. 



The hands are placed as in the attitude of drawing the arrow in the 

 bow (this is also the sign for the bow), and its departure is indicated by 

 springing the fingers from the thumbs, as in the act of sprinkling water. 



(Lomj.) 



